Army Ants
Creature — Insect
, Sacrifice a land: Destroy target land.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BR
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.37
- EDHREC rank
- #20097
Army Ants converts a tap and a black mana into a destroyed land, every turn — that's a repeatable land destruction engine stapled to a two-drop. The cost is being Rakdos, requiring active mana each activation, and painting a massive target on yourself the moment you use it.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Army Ants actually sees play, slotting into land destruction and stax builds that want to grind opponents off resources over multiple turns. Legacy and Vintage permit it but have no interest — those formats move too fast for a 1/1 that needs setup, and land destruction strategies there lean on spells rather than creatures. Army Ants is a casual Commander card through and through, finding its home in dedicated land-hate decks where its repeatable activation compounds pressure across a long game.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.37 bulk tier
At $0.37, Army Ants is firmly bulk — the price reflects its narrow appeal and low demand outside specific stax builds. That price is stable; it won't spike without a high-profile reprint or a sudden surge in competitive land destruction interest, neither of which is likely.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.